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Summary Dismissal of Conductors.

cpeCIai 10 inc Indlanapolls Journal.
LoGANsPoRT, Jan. ia sensation was
created in railroad circles last evening when the
fact became known that all the local freight con-
ductors on the Panhandle between this city and
Richmond had been discharged It now turns
out that for months past the conductors, taking
advantage of the scarcity of cars, have been de-
liyering empties to the highest bidder along the
line, and that all the way from 81 to $40 have
been paid for single cars The conductors have
made handsome thing out of it. One of the
shippers exposed the scheme, and the head of
every local freight conductor On the line fell into
the basket.
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Of Attorney Potts, and, before he was through,
she completely broke down. At o'clock the
attorneys began arguing the case There were
half hundred or more ladies in the courtroom,
and. before the argument began, Judge Walker
gave them notice that there would probably be
much said that they should not hear, and sug-
gested that they should leave the courtroom.
Not one OF them seemed disposed to leave. and
he told the attorneys to proceed and say just
what they pleased. The entire afternoon was
occupied in arguing the case.
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Ladies Listening to Divorce Argument.
The Ellis divorce case is still the attraction in
Judge Walkers ROOM AS on previous days,
the courtroom was packed yesterday. All FORE
noon was occupied in hearing the statements Of
the defendant and the plaintiff. Mrs. Ellis went
through rigid cross examination at the hands
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A six-Year-Old Bride.

ALBANY, Jan. 20--In the Assembly, to-day,
Mr. McCanna offered resolution requesting
the Comptroller to report, at his earliest conven
fence, what disposition had been made of the
s., 600 which has been in his hands since 1881,
and which is alleged to be the price of vote for
United States Senator In 1881 1t went over
under the rule.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-21

Kokomo TO New York. sixty miles from Indian
apolis, over the Wabash, is higher than the In
dianapois rate being based on Chicago. 1t Is
such discrimination as this that the interstate
commerce bill proposes to remedy. The tariff
OF the Beeline win need but little if any change
to make it conform to the features of the long
and short haul The rate from Indianapolis to
the seaboard is % cents per 100 pounds on grain;
from Anderson, 27a; Muncie. 81 Winchester,
263; Union, rs; Sydney, %; Bellefontaine, "a; so
graduating that, in a distance of 200 miles there
is q reduction in the through rate, of cents per
100 pounds
Some years ago, owing to misunderstanding
between Z. c. Gale, then superintendent of the
Decline, and the Western Union Telegraph
COMPANY, the former ordered the wire of the
Bee-line cut out of the Union Depot telegraph
oHce, and from that time the Decline trains
have been seldom reported on the Union Depot
train board, which causes much annoyance, es
peclally when train is two hours and half late,
as on Wednesday night, and large party wait
ing to 60 out to some point on the line to attend
social gathering which vas to come off be-
fore the hour the belated train would arrive.
General Manager Beach would do well to give
this matter a moments attention, and there
would be no more trouble or confusion. On the
best OF roads trains will sometimes be late and
1t is very convenient often for a waiting passen-
ger to know when such is the case
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and will be gradually extended over the entire
line.
1.-THE current rumor," says the Philadelphia
Record, 'of an immense railroad combination,
including the Missouri Pacific. the Ohio & Mis-
sissippi, the Richmond Terminal, the Reading
and the Jersey Central, with either the Penn
sylvania or the Baltimore s. Ohio as a connect
ing link has been received in many quarters as a
possible occurrence, which, if accomplished,
would be of wonderful power in increasing the
earnings of the roads interested in the combina-
ton and in preventing competition except at ex-
travagant OUTLAWS of capital"
E. w. Sloane, who, on the 18th of this month,
retired as superintendent of the Indiana division
| of the American Express Company, had held
| that position for nearly thirty years. His first
| service with the company was as route agent.
During the time that Mr. Sloane has been super
| intendent the business Of the company has
grown from operating over a thousand miles OF
road to operating over Il, 900 miles, and much of
the success OF the company in this section
is due to the untiring and faithful service OF Mr.
/ Sloane as superintendent He still remains with
| the company, bearing the title of general agent
| He will occupy room in the rear of the room
occupied by Mr. Fargo, the new superintendent,
who has been assistant superintendent OF the
company at this point for nearly two years past
The Pennsylvania lines charge % cents pei
100 pounds from Indianapolis to New York; from
Richmond to New York, 26A cents; Dayton, 2s
cents; Columbus to New York, % cents, SO thai
the rate is graduated all the way In conformity
| to the Shorthand -long-haul clause Of the inter
| state commerce bill. The roads which will be
| unfavorably affected are where the rates are
based on Chicago. To illustrate, the G., II. &
l. takes business at Connersville and Rnshvills
on the Indianapolis rate, while all ether poin Y
between Indianapolis and Hamilton take thu
Chicago rate. The same il true with the c., l.
st. L, & G. and the Wabash. The rate from
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dyspepsia. want of appetite, looseness eff the
bowels, than by the use of the genuine ANGos-
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Smyrna times., 1887-01-12
Our State Debt.

The financial condition of the State,
as shown by Governor Stockley's mes
sage, is in a good condition, though
only Sl5,O00'of the State debt was paid
off since last session of the Legislature.
AS the debt of the State is stated at
1924, $50, it would take something like
hundred years to pay it off at that
rate, and unless the debt is refunded
into bonds bearing less interest the
State creditors will be in no hurry for
their money. Already $4,000 of the
amount has been refunded into 4 per
cent. bonds, and there is no good reason
why the whole debt should not be so
refunded, especially when we take into
consideration that United States 8 per
cent. bonds are quoted at a premium.
The difference between 4 and 6 per
cent. on the State debt not refunded
would be equal to the amount of the
debt paid off during the last two years,
and with that debt refunded the
amount paid off would have been $780,
600 instead of $4,000. But after all
the debt is not a small one when the
population of our State is compared
with the population of Pennsylvania.
Looking at it in this light our debt
would be equal to 100000 debt in
Pennsylvania, and the sooner it is liqui-
dated, the more relief would be brought
to the taxed manufactures and mer-
chants of the commonwealth. Looking
at the question in another light, the
State of Delaware really has no debt,
but has an actual credit to her account
of $344, 4,040, as her investments are
stated to be 81, ,16S,79O Ifthese invest
ments are bearing interest at 6 6per cent.
there is no good reason why out indebt-
edness should not be liquidated by the |
interest alone on our investments in
ten years, and taxation for State pur-
poses entirely cease.
The Legislature at its present session
could very profitably to the State, legis-
late for a more speedy reduction of the
State debt without in the least increas-
ing the burden of taxation on our in
dustrial and mercantile interests.-W WII-
mington Republican.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-12
WHOLE NO. I,642.
ArmOr for Coast Defence.

Admiral Porter, Rear Admirals Am.
men and WOrden, Commodore I.pce
MaJor-General Rosecrans and Others
JOIN IN very high praise of A new 70
Volvlng fort for coast defence invented
oy Theodore r. Timby, the man whose
ierVlle brain conceived the original re-
'olVing iron turret first used an tba
celeorated Monitor in the famous naval
uuel with the Merrimac. Mr.. Timbv,s
latest invention is a combination of
'nree turrets, each revolving indeDend.
emily. The outside turret is of the hast
@rinor metal, and may be of apv re-
qulred thickness. 1t has a single omen.
ing through which the gun is DISCHARGED
and which, by revolving the turret can
De brought to face anv point of the
horizon. The second turret. revolving
Independently within the exterior one
Is likewise constructed of the hes,
armor metal and contains the guns
Eacn gun has its own portfolio. to
"hich 1t IS pivOted at the muzzle the
Oreech resting against buffers that
"holly prevent recoil and the ranoe
Oelng increased or diminished by ma
cnlhery, operated from beneath. which
eleVates or depresses the breech. In
sue OF this turret and extending above
II Is a third turret, with defective roof
within which the chief gunner sits
looking out Of an aperture in the roof
In front of him is theodolite and bv
MS side signal keys to the engines and
gunners below. From the centre Of
TINS interior turret run wires connecting
the guns with an electric battery. The
guns are 50 arranged with the battery
ana theodolite that they cannot be
nred until they agree exactly with
tneodOllte in plane and angle. With
MS signals the gunner revolves one or
TWO or all three of the turrets fast or
slow as he may choose. He sights n
hostile vessel with his theodolite. re-
VolVes the turrets and adjusts a gun to
the exact plane and range of the theod-
ollte' when the gun takes the current
and IS discharged, The theodolite en-
aoles him to witness the effect of his
shot. If too high or too low, he read
Justs his theOdOlite and the second gun
accordingly until he has acquired the
correct range. II the vessel is moving
he follows her motion with the instru-
ment. The cost of one such system of
turrets, containing two guns, it is
stated, would be less than that Of a
hrst-class monitor and it would require
three years to build. After being built
the outer turret could be thickened
from time to time to any extent, if
necessary, TO keep pace with the in
creasing penetrating power Of proiec-
tiles.-EUery EUenin1.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-12
Gov. StOCkley's Temperance Views.

Governor StOckley's views on tenn
perance have a certain peach brandy
flavor, although we commend the
moral instinct and courage which have
led him to speak of the question so
fully. His sympathies evidently run in
favor of the license system, and he ac-
counts for the obvious defects in the
preventive power of this system by the
lethargy of the public support given to
it. 81 firmly believe" he says, THAT
if the prOfessed friends of temperance
had been Jealous and active in efforts
for the enforcement of the liquor laws
of this State, their beneficial effects
would soon become more apparent"
The Governors information is defec-
tive. We know ola native Delawarean
in this city. bearing an honOred name,
an influential business man, possessed
of large wealth, who for years has de-
voted himself, as a citizen, to the work
of trying to make our license laws
efficient instruments for the Limitation
of drinking saloons as places of temp
tation. He confessed to us a few
months ago that his efforts were prac-
tically failures; that three new saloons
would spring up while he was checking
one, and that he was going out of the
business. The saloons had proved
themselves stronger, under the law,
than any opposition that could be
brought against them. As a futher
temperance influence Governor Stock
ley suggests that the cOnstables might
do something, or that commission
might be created to see that the license
laws are enforced. We fail to see any
logical reason why Governor StOckley,
if he believes in taxing the people in |
order to hire new offices to see that the |
license laws are executed, should object
to the people of community or limited
district enforcing their own law in their
own locality, according to the determi-
nation of majority vote, and thereby
keeping the money for these fresh
taxes in their own pocket.-MOrning
NelpS
Smyrna times., 1887-01-12
Periodicals.

1t is believed that the success Of
Scrl6ner's Magazine is unique in the
history of magazines. The first Janu-
ary number was published on Decem-
Der 18th, the first edition being 100. 900
copies. 1t was exhausted on the daV
OF publication. On Saturday, Decem-
Der 18th, a second edition of 25.OOO
copies appeared, which was at once
consumed, and an additional 1900
was put to press--14O,O 600 copies having
been already sold. The demand was
so great that it was impossible to keep
the dealers supplied.
An important journalistic enterprise.
which will strengthen the bonds of
sympathy and knowledge as well as
promote the commercial and social in
tercOurse between the North and South.
IS the extended tours through the Gulf
States which have been undertaken by
Messrs. Harper & Brothers represen-
tatives for the purpose of gathering
descriptive and pictorial material for
Harper's Magazine and Harper's Weeklv.
The first published result will appear
in Hdrper's Magazine for January, in
Charles Dudley Warmers article on
New Orleans, abundantIy illustrated
by William Hamilton Gibson and other
artists. The charming Crescent City,
with its strange contrasts of bustling
activity and languid ease-the capital
of King Cotton, of creoles, and Of car
nivals-prOvides fascinating subject
for the Northern writer and artist.
The article is exceedingly interesting as
fresh and accurate study of the luxur-
liant metropolis of the South, and will
tend to dispel the common miscOncep-
Of that section. Among the twenty
one illustrations are FIVE full pages,
one of them, A Creole Belle" being
the frOntispiece of the Number. The
series of Southern articles, which is to
be one of the distinguishing features Of
Harper's for 1887, will be continued by
he same author artist with treatment
)f The Acadian Land" in February
Smyrna times., 1887-01-12
Representative LOre's Experience.

Representative Lore, in recent in
terview on the location of the Will
mington postolIice, gave the following
scrap of his experience as a Congress
man:
After four years in Congress l am
just getting where 1 can get little
done. You will notice that all the i'm
pOrtant work is done by men who have
been there many years and have learned
the ropes. / had great difficulty in
getting the bill through the House
making Lewes a port of entry. At the
last moment Mr.. Randall was about to
object, although he had previously
agreed to let the bill pass. He may yet
move to reconsider the bill, but if he
does / will fight it on the floor. in
troduced a bill apprOpriating $4,000
for post Office for New Castle, which
| think / can get through. Delaware
deserves more than she has secured
from the government. In the twenty
years from 1861 to 1881 Delaware paid
to the government in duties, revenue
taxes and other ways $20,000,000. For
this she has received $4,000 for post
Office at Dover, $47, 900 for the present
post Office in Wilmington, and $l50,000
for the new one. This is too little, but
it has been hard work to get even this
much. 1t is hard to OvercOme4he jeal-
ousy of our Philadelphia neighbOrs."
Smyrna times., 1887-01-12

Those who are interested in the very
impOrtantquestiOn of our coast defences
and are trying to interest Congress and
the country to the extent of providing
the necessary funds, may make a note
of the fact that Great Britain is now
constructing twelve great guns-of
eighty tons each-at the WOOlwich
Arsenal, which are to be sent some time
in April to Victoria, British Columbia.
1t is evident that the Canadian Pacific
Railroad is regarded by England as q
very important route for troops and
supplies to the East, and this heavy
armament is, doubtless, part of the
defences to be established more for the
protection of the trans-continental line
of communication with India than Of
the Canadian colonies themselves but,
however that may be, every point Of
additional strength made in Canada is
a fresh argument for preparatory de-
fensive action on the part Of the United
States, and a reason for including in any
for coast defencss a sum
to be expended along the line Of the
great inland seas to the north Of US.
The chances of collision with Eng
land or any ether European nation are
remote, but the more strongly this
country is defended, the less likely is it
to become involved in the conflict.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-12

Ward B. Rowland, State veterina-
rian, in his report TO the Governor
states that during the past two years
there have been pleuro pneumonia out
breaks in the following Delaware
herds: Lobdell Car Wheel Company,
Wilmington George White, New Cas-
tie hundred; Mr.. Clark, New Castle (;
John Banks, Edge Moor; John Nc
Nulty, Wilmington Nicholas Garrett,
Beaver Valley; ]. A. Cleaver, St.
Georges John Boyd and George Big
ger, Claymont; Joseph Tatnal, Brandy
wine William R. Mousley and Edge
Moor Iron Company, Edge Moor.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-12
THE LIFE OF LINCOLN,
BY HIS CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES, JOHN
9. NICOLAY AND COL. LOHN Hay

1a-Vl7 WI +
, rms great work, begun with the sanction of
President Lincoln and continued under the an
tn0rity OF his son, the Hon. Robert T. Lincoln.
Is the only full and authoratve record of the life
0i ADTanam Lincoln. Its authors were friends of
Lincoln before his presidency; they were most
Intimately associated with him as private secre-
Larles throughout his term of office, and to them
were transferred upon LincOlns death all his
private papers. Here will be told the inside his
tory OF the civil war and of President LincOln's
n,-fmpOrtant details of which have
aItnerto remained unrevealed, that they might
hrst appear in this authentic history By reason
OF the nnhlication of this ,unrb :.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-12

One of the worst railroad accidents
that ever occurred in this country was
the collision of fast passenger train
and freight near Tiffany, Ohio, early
on Wednesday morning, The wrecked
passenger coaches caught fire and
many passengers were burned to death
or seriously injured before they could
be removed.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-12
THE WAR SERIES.

which has been followed with un1agging inter-
est by great audience, will occupy less space
during the coming year. Gettysburg will be de-
SScrlDed by Gen. Hunt (Chief of the Union Artil-
IHSryl Gen. Iongstreet, Gen. L. NJ. Law and others;
Chickamauga, by Gen. d. H. Hill; Sherman'S :
March to the Sea, by Generals Howard and SlO-
cum. cum Generals Q. A. Gilmore, VIM. F. smith,
Jonh JON GlDoon, Horace Porter, and John s. Mosby
will describe special battles and incidents Sto.
RES RE, OF naval engagements prison life, etc. etc
Smyrna times., 1887-01-12

About ten days ago Mrs. Marcus,
wife of James Marcus, of ElktOn, had
a tooth drawn, and the next day she
went to Linwood, Pa, to visit friends.
She was troubled with bleeding from
the tooth cavity, and shortly after ar
irving at her destination she was taken
sick. A physician was called, and said
her jaw bone had broken in drawing
the tooth. She continued to grow
worse, and in spite of all the physician
could do, died Sunday. Sne had been
married but a short time.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-12
Special FEATuREs

with illustrations include series of articles on
affairs in Russia and Siberia, by George KEENAN,.
author OF Tent Life in Siberia" who has lust
returned from a most eyentful visit In Siberian
prisons; papers on the Food Question, with ref.
eTence to its bearing on the Labor Problem :
Engl!Sh CathedralS; Dr. EgglestOn's Religious
Lie IN the American Colonies Men and Women
OF queen Anne's Reign by Mrs. Oliphant: Clair
YOyance, SPiritualism, AstrOlOgy etc By the Rev
j. NJ. Buckley, d. D., editor of the Christian AIv0
light on Bible history etc -e
Smyrna times., 1887-01-12
NOVELS AND STopIEs

The Hundredth Man." novel by Frank r
stockton, author Of "The Lady or the Tiger 2"
etc, begins in November. Two novelettes by
George W. Cable, stories by Mary Hallock Foote
Uncle Remus, Julian Hawthorne, Edward
EggleSton, and other prominent American au-
thOrS will be printed during the veor 80
Smyrna times., 1887-01-12
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friend, but Red Star Cough Cure is
everybOdy's friend. Prof. Grothe, of
the Brooklyn Board of Health, endorses
it as prompt, safe, and sure. Price,
twenty-five cents q bottle.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-12

/ have always been much annoyed by
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Aisquith St., Baltimore, Md.